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Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

Managing Director of the Independent Directors Council Marguerite Bateman Joins Sutherland Asbill & Brennan as Partner
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP has announced that Marguerite C. Bateman, Managing Director of the Independent Directors Council (IDC), will join the firm’s Financial Services Group as partner, effective September 11, 2006.

Ms. Bateman will practice from the firm’s Washington, DC office, focusing on the representation of mutual funds, mutual fund boards of directors, and investment management organization in areas such as mutual fund regulation, fund governance and best practices, and compliance matters.

The IDC is the leading forum serving the mutual fund independent director community in advancing the highest standards of fund governance. Ms. Bateman has served as the IDC’s Managing Director since its inception in 2004. Under her leadership, the IDC has offered programs to educate mutual fund directors about the requirements of federal securities laws and areas of developing regulatory interest and coordinated the development of positions by directors on matters of policy. Ms. Bateman is an authority on matters of fund governance and, as such, is frequently quoted in leading publications. Prior to her position at the IDC, Ms. Bateman was a senior attorney at the Investment Company Institute (ICI) for ten years, handling a wide range of industry issues.

“As Sutherland continues to expand its financial services practice, Marguerite’s addition will greatly enhance the firm’s investment management practice,” said Stephen E. Roth, Chair of the firm’s Financial Services Practice Group. “Her experience in working with mutual fund boards of directors and mutual fund organizations will be an asset to the firm.”

Managing Partner Mark D. Wasserman added, “Sutherland has experienced significant growth in its financial services practice in recent years, hiring accomplished lawyers such as Marguerite to expand key practice areas. Marguerite’s experience will be of tremendous value to the firm and to our clients as we continue to deepen our financial services practice.”

The comprehensive and nationally recognized Financial Services practice at Sutherland offers highly developed experience across the complex financial marketplace. “I’m excited to join such a well-regarded financial services practice as Sutherland’s,” said Ms. Bateman. “The firm has a premier practice, and I believe that my many years of experience working with the investment management and fund director community will be an advantage to both this practice group and the firm’s clients.

08-09-2006

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Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo P.C.

Craig Dingwall Joins Mintz Levin as Of Counsel, Expanding Firm's Communications Practice in Washington, D.C.
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. announced that Craig Dingwall, who most recently led state regulatory affairs at Sprint Nextel Corporation in Washington, D. C., has joined the firm's Washington, D.C. office as Of Counsel, practicing in the Communications Section.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Dingwall has focused on common carrier regulation, regulatory litigation, telecommunications transactions, privacy, market entry, regulatory compliance, strategic planning, contract negotiations, mergers and acquisitions and strategic alliances.

As Director of State Regulatory Affairs at Sprint Nextel Corporation, Mr. Dingwall supervised regulatory operations for competitive and incumbent local, wireless and long distance telecommunications services in 16 eastern states. In addition, he implemented product development, obtained regulatory approvals, promoted a favorable regulatory environment and managed the regulatory aspects of mergers and wireless/cable joint ventures for the company.

""Craig's extensive background and depth of experience will further strengthen Mintz Levin's growing communications practice,"" said Cherie Kiser, Chair of the firm's Communications section and Managing Member for the Washington, D.C. office.

Mr. Dingwall is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, Virginia, California and before the United States Supreme Court and the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi with high honors and academic distinction from San Diego State University. He earned his J.D. and M.B.A from the University of San Diego. While in law school, Mr. Dingwall was comments editor of the San Diego Law Review, and served as a law clerk at the U.S. Attorney's office and for Justice Howard B. Wiener at the California Court of Appeal in San Diego. He is a member of the Federal Communications Bar Association and is a frequent writer and presenter on topics related to telecommunications and regulation.

Mintz Levin is an AmLaw 100 law firm with offices in the US and the UK. The firm has exceptional depth in a broad range of practice areas, but our clients recognize that what sets us apart from other law firms is our industry focus. By truly understanding business drivers and industry trends, we are able to provide our clients with more than just legal advice. We provide legal solutions to our clients' business issues. Since 1933, our lawyers have represented entrepreneurs, emerging growth companies, government agencies, and leaders in primary industries that include Life Sciences/Biotechnology; Technology & Communications; Financial Services & Insurance; Healthcare; Real Estate, Hospitality & Construction; and Retail & Consumer Products. Our practical knowledge combined with our industry expertise enables us to provide our clients with enterprise legal advice that gives their business a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

08-09-2006

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Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo P.C.

Eddie Rodriguez, Carl Kukkonen and James Cleary, members in Mintz Levins San Diego office, named to The Daily Transcript's 2006 Top Attorneys list
Eddie Rodriguez has been named to the ""Transcript Ten"", a list of San Diego's top attorneys across all practice areas selected by the editorial team of the major local daily business publication. Carl Kukkonen and James Cleary have been named to the ""Top Ten IP Attorneys"" list.
Other than the ""Transcript Ten,"" inclusion in all categories of the Top Lawyers list is based on a peer voting process. Each year, San Diego County lawyers are asked to nominate lawyers with whom they have had professional experience and feel are worthy of recognition. More than 600 attorneys were nominated this year. Attorneys cannot nominate themselves.

Eddie Rodriguez practices in the firm's Business and Finance Section where he focuses on a wide range of corporate and securities matters, including corporate formation, mergers and acquisitions, venture financing, technology licensing, and general business counseling.

Carl Kukkonen's practice focuses on strategic intellectual property counseling including advice on patent infringement and validity, preparation and prosecution of patent applications, licensing, and due diligence studies. He also regularly counsels emerging growth companies on issues ranging from entity formation and governance to venture capital financings.

James Cleary's practice concentrates on patent law, including preparation and prosecution of patent applications, rendering of opinions on infringement and validity, licensing, due diligence investigations, and client counseling, with an emphasis on electrical, telecommunications, software, and mechanical technologies.

08-09-2006

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McGlinchey Stafford PLLC

Beth Abramson Receives LSBA’s Young Lawyers Division Award
Beth Abramson, an associate in the firm’s New Orleans office, received the Bat P. Sullivan, Jr. Chair’s Award during the Louisiana State Bar Association’s (LSBA) Annual Meeting in Sandestin, Florida, in June. The award is presented by the LSBA’s Young Lawyers Division.

Abramson has served as the American Bar Association/Young Lawyers Division disaster representative in Louisiana for two years. After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck Louisiana, causing unprecedented damage to cities and residents, Abramson led the efforts to establish legal disaster relief services to storm victims. With the help of a number of LSBA members, she helped start the Legal Assistance Hotline in Baton Rouge, which has fielded thousands of calls from storm victims on legal issues such as rental property, insurance claims, child custody and employment.

“Beth has been a wonderful representative to the ABA/YLD on behalf of Louisiana’s young lawyers in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita that ravaged our state and her citizens,” said Dona K. Renegar, 2006-06 chair of the LSBA Young Lawyers Division. “Beth helped coordinate legal disaster relief efforts for thousands of victims with the help of her firm, McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC, who gave her a leave of absence to enable her to concentrate all of her time on relief efforts. Having been faced with unprecedented disasters to our state, Beth dedicated herself to serving our citizens in need as quickly and as substantively as possible,” Renegar said.

Abramson received her BA and BS degrees in 1998 from Carnegie Mellon University and her JD degree in 2001 from Tulane Law School. She was admitted to practice law in Louisiana in 2001. She is a member of the American Bar Association and the New Orleans Bar Association.

The Young Lawyers Division fosters discussions and interchanges of ideas relative to the duties, responsibilities and problems of the younger members of the legal profession in Louisiana; aids in their advancement; encourages their interest and participation in the activities of the LSBA; and furthers the purposes and objectives of the LSBA.

A young lawyer is any attorney who has not reached the age of 39 or who has been admitted to the practice of for fewer than five years, whichever is later.

The LSBA is a statewide organization with more than 20,000 members. It ensures access to and aids in the administration of justice, assists the Supreme Court in the regulation of the practice of law, and upholds the honor of the courts and the profession. The Association also promotes the professional competence of attorneys, works to increase public understanding of and respect for the law, and encourages collegiality among its members.

08-09-2006

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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Susan P. Serota Elected Chair of Nation's Largest Tax Lawyers Group
Susan P. Serota, a partner in the New York office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, was selected to chair the American Bar Association's Section of Taxation, the country's largest association of tax attorneys. She began her term this week and will serve a one-year term.

The American Bar Association Section of Taxation has approximately 20,000 members and is committed to providing taxpayers information about their rights and obligations under the tax laws, and working to make the tax system fairer, simpler and easier to administer. It regular provides continuing legal education and produces several publications.

Serota leads Pillsbury's Executive Compensation & Benefits practice and also belongs to the firm's ERISA Litigation Team. Prior to heading the ABA's Tax Section, Serota chaired the Section's Employee Benefits Committee and the ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits. She is a former president and director of the American Bar Retirement Foundation and is a former member of the executive committee of the New York State Bar Association's Tax Section. In addition, Serota is a charter member and immediate past-president of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, a member of the American College of Tax Counsel, a member of the Board of the Center for Labor and Employment Law of New York University School of Law, and is on the Editorial Advisory Boards of Benefits Law Journal and Tax Management.

Serota has experience in all areas of pensions, employee benefits, executive compensation and stock options. She has significant experience in fiduciary matters relating to ERISA and other plans, international benefits, employee benefit aspects of mergers and acquisitions, welfare plans (health, life and severance), ERISA fiduciary litigation and securities law matters. She is the editor of ERISA Fiduciary Law, BNA Books 1995, Supplement 2003. She earned her law degree from New York University School of Law in 1971.

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP is an international law firm with approximately 900 attorneys in 15 offices, including San Francisco, New York, Washington, DC, Los Angeles and London. In business for more than 135 years, Pillsbury’s practice focuses on capital markets and financial services, energy, global sourcing, litigation, real estate, technology, life sciences and communications. For more information, please visit www.pillsburylaw.com.

08-09-2006

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Butzel Long

Commercial real estate attorney Jorge Beltran joins Butzel Long
Butzel Long law firm has expanded its real estate practice with the addition of Jorge I. Beltran as a senior attorney. Mr. Beltran will be based in the firm's Bloomfield Hills office.

He concentrates his practice in complex commercial real estate and business transactions, including condominium development, borrower financing, zoning and land use. From 2002 through 2006, Mr. Beltran served as Kmart Corporation’s lead outside real estate counsel and represented Kmart in all aspects of its vast real estate portfolio, including leasing and the disposition and acquisition of commercial real estate throughout the United States.

Throughout his practice, Mr. Beltran has represented some of the largest residential and commercial developers in Michigan in the development, acquisition, financing and sale of office buildings, shopping centers, office complexes, residential subdivisions and residential and commercial condominiums.

Mr. Beltran is a graduate of Harvard Law School (J.D. 1997), where he served as an editor for the Harvard Latino Law Review from 1996 to 1997 and as President of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. Before graduating summa cum laude from Wayne State University (B.P.A., 1994), he served in the United States Marine Corps from 1985 to 1989. He is fluent in Spanish and is a member of the State Bar of Michigan.

08-09-2006

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Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C.

Ludwig Elected to State Bar Executive Council
Michael A. Ludwig, a partner at Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C, was recently elected to the Executive Council for the State Bar of Arizona's Trial Practice Section.

Ludwiq concentrates his practice on construction law, personal injury defense and insurance coverage litigation. He is on the Board of Directors for the Arizona Association of Defense Counsel, the Maricopa County Bar Association Construction Section and is a member of the American Bar Association. Ludwig also serves on the Construction Law Steering Committee for the Defense Research Institute and co-authored the construction defect section of the Arizona Construction Practice Manual published by the Arizona State Bar.

08-09-2006

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